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Edina Public Schools - School Board Regular Meeting November 10th, 2025

Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PMActual: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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[clears throat] Good evening. Tonight is Monday, November 10th, and we do have a quorum. So, I will call this meeting to order. The first order of business is agenda approval. So, do I have a motion to approve the agenda for tonight's board meeting? >> So, moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> We'll vote to approve our agenda. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Tonight's agenda is approved. This month's excellence in action features members of Edina High School's student council who have been part of a human centered design team aimed at creating new marketing opportunities to retain and recruit incoming freshmen. So I would like to welcome our guests to the dis here and if you would introduce yourself um before you start that would be wonderful. Welcome Okay. Hi, my name is Clara Johnson. I'm from the United Student Council and over the last few months, we've been working on the marketing team for one of our committees. Um, and I'm a junior and this is I'm Whitney Vans and I'm a sophomore. I'm Carina. I'm a junior as well. >> I'm Nina Cruz and I'm a senior. Our goal of this entire project was to create marketing programs that will appeal to a target market of Edina residents, eighth grade, and high school students. We will follow the design thinking process to address our goal. Um and so the first step of the design thinking process is empathizing with um our audience which in this case was prospective students looking to come to Edina High School. Um and so we use surveys and other research to um kind of just understand the perspectives of these students and generate um like empathy for how we should respond and develop a solution. Our next step in this process was defined to defi to frame the problem which we found was by looking at enrollment reports and other research. Edina resident high school students are choosing other schools instead of Edina and some do not know all that we have to offer here or have inaccurate information about EHS considering our statistics and careers beyond high school. Our next step of the defined thinking process is ideulating. we generated new ideas um and solutions of how we think that we could best keep Edana residents in Edana public schools. So some of our ideas were putting together student panels that would attend our current tours as well as middle schools to just speak to the middle schoolers and let them know like what high school is like so that the middle schoolers could kind of fit picture themselves at the high school. Um, another one of our ideas was like a welcome table at our tours that has like gina merch and pamphlets um and information. And then another one of our ideas was shadowing. Um, we are still working on this one, but we were thinking it'd be super fun for students that are interested in attending Adana High School um to be able to sit into a class and see what the class size is really like and what teachers are like. Can you go ahead and turn on the microphone jus…

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Student Marketing Initiative for High School Recruitment

Edina High School student council members presented their human-centered design project aimed at creating marketing opportunities to retain and recruit incoming freshmen. They identified key misconceptions about EHS including beliefs about academic rigor, class sizes, and college acceptance rates compared to private schools.

Curriculum Implementation Progress Report

Director Jody Duc St. Hubert presented updates on curriculum implementation across science, ELA, and mathematics, highlighting the collaborative design team approach and implementation science methodology. The report showed progress over four years with nearly 100 educators involved in the process.

Data Metrics Plan 2023-2025 Results and 2025-2027 Goals

The district presented comprehensive data on student achievement across multiple areas including ELA, math, science, and social-emotional learning. The report showed steady increases in academic performance while identifying ongoing challenges with achievement gaps and students below grade level.

Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness Report

The district presented its new CACR plan (formerly World's Best Workforce) with five goal areas including school readiness, closing achievement gaps, college and career readiness, graduation rates, and preparing lifelong learners. The report showed mixed results on 2023-2025 goals with one of five goals met.

Spanish Dual Language Program Middle School Placement

Superintendent Bitman provided an update on community feedback regarding placement of the Spanish dual language program at middle school level. Families strongly favored placement at Valley View for continuity and logistics, while staff raised questions about programming and scheduling challenges.

Health Service Associates Collective Bargaining Agreement

The board approved a new 2-year collective bargaining agreement for Health Service Associates (HSAs) covering July 2025 through June 2027. The agreement includes wage increases, additional paid holidays, and professional development provisions.

Bond Refinancing Authorization

The board authorized the district to issue general obligation refunding bonds to refinance 2017A bonds at lower interest rates. However, market conditions and federal government uncertainty have reduced expected savings from $250,000 to $178,000, prompting a delay in execution.

Policy Reviews and Approvals

The board reviewed and approved multiple policies including District Volunteers Policy 911 and several policies under quick review process. Policy 911 clarifies volunteer management procedures and background check requirements based on level of student interaction.

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The Edina Public Schools Board meeting on November 10th, 2025 covered multiple significant educational topics. The meeting featured a student presentation on marketing strategies to retain and recruit high school students, addressing misconceptions about Edina High School's academic rigor and opportunities. The board reviewed comprehensive curriculum implementation reports, data metrics plans for 2023-2025 and 2025-2027, and achievement goals under the new Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness framework. Administrative items included discussions on Spanish dual language program placement at middle schools, policy reviews, approval of health service associate collective bargaining agreement, and authorization for bond refinancing to save taxpayer money.